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Rosecrans Baldwin co-founded TMN with publisher Andrew Womack in 1999. His latest book is Everything Now: Lessons From the City-State of Los Angeles. More information can be found at rosecransbaldwin.com.
Robots and androids aren’t the sole property of science fiction. Christopher Conte’s sculptures are more like old-fashioned studies rendered with today’s materials: anatomical forms on the verge of motion.
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine Occupation: Jewelry designer by day, rock star by night. How would you describe your look? A cowboy who shows his emotions in song mixed with a Winteria...
For photographers, the Polaroid was toy and tool, means and end, and Mapplethorpe handled it magnificently: roughly with sex, playfully with himself, carefully with faces, studiously on the body.
Hometown: I’ve lived in New York for more than 20 years Your first novel, Grey, is a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. Has 2008 presented any developments that point...
No longer thriving with industry, Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront is now being remade by developers and planners who have cafés and green spaces and expensive rents on the brain.
Hometown: I’ve been here in Austin for about 11 years now. Who taught you how to play the piano? My most notable teacher was Ms. Mundine, a Southern goddess back...
Kent Rogowski’s “Love = Love” project delivers pure wonder at these puzzles remixed to make new scenes, abstract floral artwork where once there were cats.
Hometown: Nyack, N.Y. Occupation: Artist How would you describe your look? Cool as Ice After Labor Day, or Hessian Headbanger (But You Probably Wouldn’t Know It). Your Indie...
When your cousin can upload 400 pictures from her Tahitian vacation but not find time to whittle them down, do you care too much about her journey?
Name: James Trimarco Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla. Occupation: I write stories and articles. I produce dance music for goth/industrial clubs. I temp when the money’s tight. Educational background:...
Not many people claim to speak to the dead these days. Spiritualists do, though, and are alive and well in contemporary America, working and living in New York and Florida, occasionally running errands on the other side.
Name: Kurt Braunohler Time of birth: 7:00 (one hour before prime time!) Occupation, both real and desired-in-another-lifetime: Comedian. Carpenter. What’s with the choco ‘stache? It’s not chocolate. Who is...